China Ousts Provincial Official Amid Crackdown

By

Brian Spegele

Updated Dec. 13, 2012 9:40 a.m. ET

BEIJING—Chinese Communist Party officials removed a senior provincial leader facing allegations of corruption, as new leaders look to signal they will do more to address rising concerns over rampant official corruption.

Li Chuncheng, deputy party secretary for the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, was removed from his post on suspicions of "serious discipline violations," the state-run Xinhua news agency reported...